Mammoth Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (34.1° S, 115.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° S, 115.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: L. Glauert. 1914. Taxonomy and detailed description of Zaglossus hacketti. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3):244-248 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96022: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.05.2010, edited by Nicholas Visalden

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Diprotodontia -
Sthenurus sp. Owen 1874 short-faced kangaroo
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Wallabia kitcheneri n. sp. Flannery 1989 swamp wallaby
Macropus sp. Shaw 1790 kangaroo
 Monotremata - Tachyglossidae
Zaglossus hacketti n. sp. Glauert 1914 Hackett's Giant Echidna